



Persicaria perfoliata
Mile-a-minute weed is a fast-growing plant that can climb over other plants and fences. It has bright green leaves and tiny, blue flowers that attract butterflies and bees!
生息地: Urban areas
The mile-a-minute weed has distinctive light green, triangular (arrowhead-shaped) leaves, often with a dark blotch in the center. Its slender, reddish stems are covered in tiny, backward-pointing barbs, making it feel rough to the touch. Tiny, white, or pale pink flowers appear in clusters at the leaf nodes.




カテゴリ
植物レア度
Common
危険度
2/5 · 低い
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Its unique seeds wear a tiny blue "hat" that helps them float on water!
The plant's stems have tiny, backward-pointing hooks, making it clingy like Velcro!
This plant can grow almost a foot (30 cm) in just ONE day!
Young leaves taste like spinach with a tangy kick and are safe to eat raw!
Mile-a-minute weed can grow up to 15 cm daily, quickly climbing over and smothering other plants for sunlight.
It has sharp, hooked barbs on its stems that help it grip and climb aggressively over any support.
Its blue-black seeds are buoyant, allowing water to carry them far from the parent plant for dispersal.
Rhinoncomimus latipes
Its leaves are eaten by this specialized biocontrol weevil.
Apis mellifera
Its small flowers attract various generalist insect pollinators.
Cardinalis cardinalis
Many bird species eat its distinctive blue-black seeds.
危険度
2/5 · 低い
Be careful not to touch the plant too much, as it can be prickly.
30-600 cm
0.2-0.4 cm
Summer-fall
はい
なし
一年生
自家受粉
Urban areas
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Maryland, US
ここで見られるかも Common Pawpaw, トラフアゲハ と ハクトウワシ.
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Pennsylvania, US
ここで見られるかも オジロジカ, Mile-A-Minute Weed と Virginia Springbeauty.
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Virginia, US
ここで見られるかも Red Clover, American Tuliptree と Common Eastern Bumble Bee.
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